---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to industrial hemp; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to industrial hemp; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Alaska SB 27 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "BUSINESS", "CRIMES", "DRUGS", "REGULATORY ACTIONS", "RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUGHES"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 72
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2344168-c5a9-4e61-9592-4b9a2d9d45fa"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB27"
source_hash: "25b7cbfbc5632b277b80d4e9a1794eeec52f0d6aff636a6c05d08e53a5c9fcd0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---

# Alaska SB 27 (32) — An Act relating to industrial hemp; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CSSB 27(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0027B)
2. **CSSB 27(RES)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0027C)
3. **Enrolled SB 27** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0027Z)
4. **SB 27** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0027A)

## Votes

- (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1 #1189 — **23–16** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y38 N2 #1206 — **38–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y40 #1206 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #1008 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HUGHES — primary (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Revak — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-22** (S) Prefile released 1/8/21 `filing`
- **2021-01-22** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** (S) L&C, RES
- **2021-03-08** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-03-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-08** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2021-03-15** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-03-15** (S) Moved CSSB 27(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2021-03-15** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2021-03-17** (S) L&C RPT CS 3DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2021-03-17** (S) DP: STEVENS, GRAY-JACKSON, HOLLAND
- **2021-03-17** (S) NR: REVAK
- **2021-03-17** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2021-03-31** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-31** (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2021-04-07** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-04-07** (S) Moved CSSB 27(RES) Out of Committee
- **2021-04-07** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2021-04-09** (S) RES RPT CS 5DP 2NR SAME TITLE
- **2021-04-09** (S) DP: REVAK, KAWASAKI, STEVENS, VON IMHOF, KIEHL
- **2021-04-09** (S) NR: MICCICHE, BISHOP
- **2021-04-09** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2021-04-09** (S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER RES
- **2021-05-10** (S) FIN RPT CS(RES) 3DP 4NR
- **2021-05-10** (S) DP: BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WILSON
- **2021-05-10** (S) NR: STEDMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, VON IMHOF
- **2021-05-10** (S) FN2: (DNR)
- **2021-05-10** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2021
- **2021-05-10** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** (S) RES CS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-10** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 27(RES) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, REVAK, KIEHL, GRAY-JACKSON, HOLLAND, STEVENS
- **2021-05-10** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2021-05-10** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-05-10** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2021-05-10** (S) VERSION: CSSB 27(RES)
- **2021-05-10** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2021-05-10** (S) Moved CSSB 27(RES) Out of Committee
- **2021-05-10** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2021-05-12** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** (H) RES, FIN
- **2021-05-12** (H) RES REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2021-05-17** (H) FIN RPT 9DP
- **2021-05-17** (H) DP: EDGMON, LEBON, THOMPSON, JOHNSON, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, RASMUSSEN, MERRICK,
- **2021-05-17** (H) FOSTER
- **2021-05-17** (H) FN2: (DNR)
- **2021-05-17** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE, THOMPSON
- **2021-05-17** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2021-05-17** (H) Moved CSSB 27(RES) Out of Committee -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2021-05-17** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-05-19** (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1
- **2021-05-19** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2021
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** (H) MOTION TO TABLE UC
- **2021-05-19** (H) TAKEN FROM TABLE UC
- **2021-05-19** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN SECOND READING
- **2021-05-19** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 27(RES) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y40
- **2021-05-19** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2021-05-19** (H) VERSION: CSSB 27(RES)
- **2021-05-19** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): NELSON, DRUMMOND, HANNAN, TARR, JOSEPHSON, WOOL, STORY,
- **2021-05-19** (H) RAUSCHER
- **2021-08-16** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/14/21
- **2021-06-28** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/14/21
- **2021-06-28** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 69
- **2021-06-28** (H) FN2: (DNR)
- **2021-08-19** (S) 10:00 A.M. 8/19/21 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-30** (S) Signed into law 8/29 CHAPTER 32 SLA 21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2344168-c5a9-4e61-9592-4b9a2d9d45fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).